With Removing Of Moisture Patents (Class 62/93)
  • Patent number: 11927182
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air compressing apparatus with a dry-air internal-emission trap unit, and more specifically, to an air compressing apparatus with a dry-air internal-emission trap unit which solves various problems arising due to venting and improves an on-site environment where compressed air is used by guiding the venting to an inside of a system for compressing air rather than guiding the venting in the system for compressing air to the outside (atmosphere), and which maximizes energy efficiency and obtains a virtuous circle of energy by enabling compressed air that is discarded to be reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TURBOWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Minsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11927362
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of preventing evaporator coil freeze in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes determining a reference saturated suction temperate (SST) via a sensor disposed in relation to an evaporator coil in the HVAC system, where the HVAC system is operating in reheat dehumidification mode. The method also includes determining whether the reference SST is below a minimum SST threshold. The method also includes, responsive to a determination that the reference SST is below the minimum SST threshold, determining a decreased compressor speed. The method also includes modulating a variable-speed compressor in the HVAC system in correspondence to the decreased compressor speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventors: Rakesh Goel, Siddarth Rajan
  • Patent number: 11918953
    Abstract: The invention pertains to processes for separating water from air. The processes may employ using an LCST solution with or without subsequent reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, or ultrafiltration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Innovator Energy, LLC
    Inventor: Ethan J. Novek
  • Patent number: 11912417
    Abstract: Air conditioning system for an aircraft cabin, comprising a primary exchanger (14) configured to cool bleed air (12) from at least one compressor of the aircraft, a pre-compressor (18), an intermediate exchanger (20), a main compressor (22) configured to compress said pre-compressed bleed air, a main exchanger (28) configured to cool the compressed bleed air, and a water extraction loop, characterized in that it comprises a duct (108) for recovering at least part of the air from the cabin after it has passed through the cabin, and recovered air circulation ducts configured so that the recovered air successively passes through: a secondary exchanger (34), the recovered air forming a first cold source for cooling the bleed air again, a heat exchanger (20), the recovered air forming a second cold source for cooling the bleed air, an energy recovery turbine (48), the recovered air forming a source of energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE TOULOUSE SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume Galzin, Cedric Boye
  • Patent number: 11872963
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a passenger compartment, a tank designed to contain a wiper fluid and a dispensing device, which is connected to the tank and is operable to dispense and/or spray the wiper fluid on a transparent wall, for example on a windshield; the motor vehicle further has a filling device provided with at least one duct to feed the wiper fluid into the tank; said duct having an inlet that is arranged in the passenger compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: FCA ITALY S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Dilillo, Andreas Wuppinger, Michele Longo, Daniele Calonaci
  • Patent number: 11861741
    Abstract: A control system for cost optimal operation of an energy facility including equipment includes a controller configured to provide a cost function comprising a cost term defining a cost as a function of a rate variable and an equipment usage variable, simulate the cost of operating the energy facility over an optimization period at each of a plurality of different values of the rate variable which define a plurality of different costs per unit of the equipment usage variable, select a value of the rate variable that results in a lowest cost of operating the energy facility over the optimization period, perform an online optimization of the cost function with the rate variable set to the selected value to generate one or more setpoints for the equipment, and operate the equipment during the optimization period in accordance with the generated setpoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventor: Michael J. Wenzel
  • Patent number: 11850549
    Abstract: A dehumidification mechanism for an appliance includes a blower that delivers humid process air along an airflow path. A drum is positioned along the airflow path. A condensing apparatus dehumidifies the humid air to define dehumidified air. A membrane has a plurality of nanopores that define a portion of the airflow path within the condensing apparatus. The humid air is delivered along the membrane having the plurality of nanopores and the nanopores operate through capillary condensation to dehumidify the humid air and separate condensate away from the humid air to define the dehumidified air. The condensate removed by the nanopore membrane is delivered away from the airflow path and to a condensate collection area within the appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher A Hartnett
  • Patent number: 11846092
    Abstract: Systems for generation of liquid water are provided. In embodiments, the systems comprise a thermal desiccant unit comprising a porous hygroscopic material located within a housing including a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a working fluid that accumulates heat and water vapor upon flowing from fluid inlet of the housing, through the porous hygroscopic material, and to the fluid outlet of the housing, a condenser comprising a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet for condensing water vapor from the working fluid; an enthalpy exchange unit operatively coupled between the thermal desiccant unit and the condenser, wherein the enthalpy exchange unit transfers enthalpy between the working fluid output from the thermal desiccant unit and the working fluid input to the thermal desiccant unit, and, wherein the enthalpy exchange unit transfers enthalpy between the working fluid output from the condenser and the working fluid input to the condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Source Global, PBC
    Inventors: Cody Friesen, Michael Robinson, Grant Friesen, Kamil Salloum, Kimberly McGuinness, Luis Mejiaortega
  • Patent number: 11814345
    Abstract: Described is an extraction device for extracting compounds from plant material and a method for using such an extraction device. The extraction device comprises an extraction tank receiving plant material and dissolving soluble compounds inside the plant material into a solvent to form a micelle. A series of fluidly connected separation chambers separate purified compounds from the micelle, resulting in purified compounds in each of the separation chambers and solvent. A heat exchanger and a chilled reservoir are used for cooling and storing the solvent. A pump is used for pumping and circulating the solvent into the extraction device. Finally, a control system automatically controls temperature and flow in the extraction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: APPLIED EXTRACTS INC.
    Inventor: James Robert White
  • Patent number: 11815275
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a signal control module, an information display module, a temperature and humidity sensing module, and a gas detection module. The information display module is configured for providing a plurality of information display images. The gas detection module is configured for detecting a gas concentration of a predetermined gas to obtain a gas concentration value. One of the information display images has a temperature and humidity coordinate graph, and a plurality of comfortability distribution areas shown on the temperature and humidity coordinate graph, an ambient temperature value and an ambient humidity value that are obtained by the temperature and humidity sensing module serve as a temperature and humidity indicator shown on one of the comfortability distribution areas, and the gas concentration value that is obtained by the gas detection module serves as a comfortability indicator shown on one of the comfortability distribution areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: RADIANT INNOVATION INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Chien Huang, Chien-Chang Liao
  • Patent number: 11697093
    Abstract: A compressed air drying system is provided for removing moisture from compressed air. The dryer operates in two modes in response to the demand for compressed air. In a first mode of operation, a refrigeration compressor runs continuously and the speed of a condenser fan is varied to maintain a constant cooling temperature. In a second mode of operation, the refrigeration compressor runs intermittently between on and off periods. As result, the cooling temperature fluctuates during the second mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Stefano Vezil, Paolo Depiero, Giovanni Battista Capellari
  • Patent number: 11692729
    Abstract: A single-package air conditioner unit, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, a compressor, and a controller. The cabinet may define an outdoor portion and an indoor portion. The outdoor heat exchanger may be disposed in the outdoor portion. The indoor heat exchanger may be disposed in the indoor portion. The compressor may be in fluid communication with the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger to circulate a refrigerant therebetween. The controller may be in operative communication with the compressor. The controller may be configured to initiate a conditioning operation. The conditioning operation may include receiving a demand response signal corresponding to electric power access, determining occupancy of an indoor environment, and initiating a responsive conditioning cycle in response to receiving the demand response signal, the responsive conditioning cycle being based on the determined occupancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Duane Longenecker, Craig Benjamin Williams
  • Patent number: 11686485
    Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing treatment compound to an enclosed environment comprise a storage and distribution assembly for storing a treatment compound, a pipe system for delivering the treatment compound from the storage tank to an environment and an exhaust system configured to exhaust the treatment compound out of the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: BIOSANS LLC
    Inventors: Gregoire P. Charillon, James Wayne Berry
  • Patent number: 11679643
    Abstract: A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a vehicle is provided. The system replaces a cooling water circuit having a complex configuration and a separate heat pump system for recovering waste heat of an electric vehicle by changing an air flow path for supplying heating and cooling air and secures an indoor space by disposing an HVAC in an engine room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gee Young Shin, Dae Ig Jung, Seung Hyeok Chang, Dong Ho Kwon
  • Patent number: 11642607
    Abstract: The apparatus comprises a first air duct with a first opening and a second opening, in the first air duct are: a cooler, a first suction device and at least part of a sorption heat exchanger having an integrated heating and/or an upstream device for preheating the incoming air. An element for collecting condensed water is also included. The apparatus also comprises a recuperative heat exchanger, which is positioned in the first air duct between the cooler and the sorption exchanger and simultaneously also between the cooler and the second opening. The recuperative heat exchanger has at least two internal conduits connected in such manner, that the first of these internal conduits air-interconnects the sorption exchanger and the cooler and that the second of these internal conduits air-interconnects the cooler and the second opening. The first and second internal conduits of the recuperative heat exchanger are in mutual thermal contact. The sorption exchanger is also air-interconnected to the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Czech Technical University in Prague
    Inventors: Nikola Pokorný, Viacheslav Shemelin, Tomás Matuska
  • Patent number: 11638885
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cup lid and a self-producing water cup. The cup lid includes: a housing, a condensing mechanism, and a heat dissipation mechanism. The housing defines a housing space, an air inlet, an air outlet, and a water outlet. The air inlet, the air outlet, and the water outlet are connected to an outside. The air inlet, the air outlet, and the water outlet are connected to the housing space. The condensing mechanism is housed in the housing and connected to the air inlet. The condensing mechanism is configured to condense air flowing from the air inlet into water, and the water flows out through the water outlet. The heat dissipation mechanism is housed in the housing and connected to the air outlet. The heat dissipation mechanism is configured to dissipate heat generated by the condensing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ZEER ELECTRONIC COMMERCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sunping Lian, Dongming Li, Zhijiang Wu
  • Patent number: 11609357
    Abstract: Devices and systems for determining personal outdoor comfort are described herein. One device includes instructions executable to receive inputs corresponding to characteristics of a user associated with a mobile device, determine a location of the mobile device, communicate an indication of the characteristics and the determined location to a computing device, and receive an outdoor comfort determination from the computing device, wherein the outdoor comfort determination is particular to the user based on the characteristics of the user and particular to the location of the mobile device based on a plurality of environmental parameters associated with the location of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Weathervane Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Smoliak, Jason Smoliak
  • Patent number: 11598535
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for conditioning air for an enclosure, a first ambient airstream is cooled by a cooling coil of a refrigerant cooling system to reduce temperature and humidity, passed through a segment of a rotating desiccant wheel to reduce moisture content and increase temperature, and then supplied to the enclosure. The desiccant wheel is regenerated by a second ambient airstream heated with a condenser coil of the refrigerant system and then passed through a regeneration segment of the desiccant wheel. A bypass plenum allows a third ambient airstream to be selectively heated and cooled independent of the evaporator coil and desiccant wheel in the first plenum. Heated air bypassed from the second ambient airstream or an independent heater can perform the selective heating in the bypass plenum. The airstream in the bypass plenum is then supplied with the air treated in the first plenum to the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Munters Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Boucher, Rafael Neuwald
  • Patent number: 11592195
    Abstract: A dehumidifying air handling unit for an HVACR system includes a housing, a desiccant wheel, and a cooling heat exchanger. A main airflow path extending through the housing from an air inlet to and air discharged outlet of the housing. The desiccant wheel includes a first end and a second end that are each disposed in the main airflow path and a metal organic framework desiccant that is moved between the first end and the second end. A desiccant wheel includes a metal organic framework desiccant disposed on a surface of the desiccant wheel. Rotation of the desiccant wheel moves a position of the surface between a first end and a second end of the desiccant wheel. The metal organic framework desiccant has an majority absorption-desorption operating band of 25% relative humidity or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Yogesh Pandit, Ronnie R. Moffitt, Zubin Varghese, Jeyaprakash Gurusamy
  • Patent number: 11512010
    Abstract: A water generation system for a vehicle comprises: a first container to collect liquid water generated from the condensation of water vapor; a filter to filter the liquid water, the filter in fluid flow communication with the first container; a second container to store the liquid water that the filter filtered, the second container (i) in fluid flow communication with the filter and (ii) configured to hold a larger volume of the liquid water than the first container; and a source of ultraviolet light that, when activated, emits the ultraviolet light into at least one of the first container and the second container. The water generation system can further comprise an agitator that is configured to agitate the liquid water disposed within either the first container or the second container, and a cooling element configured to withdraw heat from the liquid water within the water generation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Alan Acre, Robert D. Bedard, John P. Casci, James George Gebbie, Douglas Raymond Martin
  • Patent number: 11479951
    Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a device and method for atmospheric water harvesting operative in an alternating sequence of an absorption phase and a desorption phase. The device comprises an air permeable adsorbent substrate being subject to an atmospheric airflow during the absorption phase and being subject to a circulated airflow during the desorption phase. The device further comprises a liquid heated heat radiation element embedded in the adsorbent substrate and a heated liquid heating media being circulated in the heat radiation element during the desorption phase. The device may further comprise air shutters, where the direction of the atmospheric airflow being substantially transversal to the direction of the circulated airflow. The air shutters are capable of blocking an entrance and an exit of the atmospheric airflow during the desorption phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: BETH-EL ZIKHRON YAAQOV INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Albrecht Michael Fuchs, Karl-Hans Dietrich Fuchs, Jonathan Schneider
  • Patent number: 11465071
    Abstract: An apparatus and system for producing fresh water from moisture-laden air. The apparatus has a frame supporting a plurality of condensation panels that each have a panel body defining a pair of condensation surfaces that will contact the moisture-laden air. A panel support mechanism supports each of the condensation panels in spaced apart relation to each other so each condensation surface contacts moisture-laden air. A flow channel inside the panel body defines a flow path for a cooling fluid that cools the condensation surfaces so the moisture-laden air will produce condensate thereon that collects as fresh water. The system includes a plurality of apparatuses, a chilling mechanism to cool the cooled fluid, inlet and discharge lines connecting the chilling mechanism and apparatuses, pumps to pressurize the cooled fluid, fans to move the moisture-laden air and water collecting surfaces to collect the fresh water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: DripDropUSA, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Jesse Flores
  • Patent number: 11402117
    Abstract: A ventilation and air conditioning system includes: an air conditioner that cools air in an air conditioning room; a plurality of transfer air fans that are installed for a plurality of rooms, which are independent of the air conditioning room, in one-to-one correspondence and each deliver the air in the air conditioning room to a corresponding room; and a system controller. For each of the plurality of rooms, the system controller calculates a dew point temperature in the room on the basis of the temperature and the humidity in the room, determines, on the basis of the calculated dew point temperature in the room and the temperature in the air conditioning room, the occurrence of condensation resulting from delivery of the air in the air conditioning room to the room, and controls, according to the result of the determination, the airflow of the transfer air fan corresponding to the room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sasaki, Naoyuki Funada, Ayumi Konishi
  • Patent number: 11268729
    Abstract: A method for providing environmental comfort includes obtaining measurements of a dry bulb temperature, a relative humidity, and an airflow rate for an indoor space, calculating an apparent temperature for the indoor space using the measurements, and generating a visualization comprising a comfort band and a value of each of the apparent temperature, the dry bulb temperature, the relative humidity, and the airflow rate for the indoor space plotted relative to the comfort band along independent axes. The method also includes controlling building equipment to drive the value of one or more of the apparent temperature, the dry bulb temperature, the relative humidity, or the airflow rate into the comfort band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Soumyadeep Ray, Sayan Chakraborty, Milan Mitra, Anjani Kumari
  • Patent number: 11160890
    Abstract: An automatic disinfection workstation system utilizes a disinfecting workstation-light to disinfect surfaces within the workstation and may also include an airflow disinfecting system that utilizes an airflow disinfecting light to disinfect an airflow through the workstation. The workstation may have three walls forming the workstation enclosure and the disinfecting workstation-light may be configured proximal to the top of the walls and emit ultraviolet light to deactivate or kill germs or viruses within the line of sight of the light. The disinfecting workstation-light is actuated over the workstation to produce light with various lines of sight to more effectively disinfect the workstation. In addition, a light-angle actuator may rotate the light to further increase the various lines-of-sight. This combination of traversing the light at various angles may further enhance the effectiveness of disinfecting the workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Frank Lytle
  • Patent number: 11137152
    Abstract: An apparatus that includes a supply duct and a return duct fluidly coupled to the supply duct. A first evaporator is disposed between the supply duct and the return duct. A second evaporator is disposed between the supply duct and the return duct. A fresh-air intake is disposed between the supply duct and the return duct upstream of the first evaporator and the second evaporator. A first plurality of dampers are disposed upstream of the first evaporator. A second plurality of dampers are disposed upstream of the second evaporator. A divider panel is disposed between the first evaporator and the second evaporator. The divider panel directs air egressing the first plurality of dampers across the first evaporator and air egressing the second plurality of dampers across the second evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Rakesh Goel
  • Patent number: 11103608
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a mobile pretreatment method and apparatus, which may include: a vehicle-mounted system; and a detachable pretreatment chamber fluidly connected to the vehicle-mounted system. The detachable pretreatment chamber may be configured to accommodate an item for sterilization, and may include a temperature and humidity detector, a humidification device, and a water heating device. The vehicle-mounted system may be mountable on a vehicle, and may include an automatic control system, a heating system, a humidification system, and a water inlet system, the latter three being electrically connected to the automatic control system. The heating system may be fluidly connected to the water inlet system, and may be fluidly connected to the water heating device. The humidification system may be fluidly connected to the water inlet system, and may be fluidly connected to the humidification device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: Chio Kang Medical, Inc., Qiaokane Biotech (Guangdong) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengwei Hu, Jianlong Xue, Dongxin Hou, Xuzhong Liao, Xin Yin, Guqun Ren, Xiuling Zhong, Yuhua Zou, Yecheng He, Ziping Zhu, Lixiong Feng
  • Patent number: 11077735
    Abstract: A heating apparatus of the invention executes a first heating control for heating a heater core by a heat generation device when a process of heating the heater core is requested while an engine operation is stopped. The heating apparatus executes a second heating control for heating the cooling water which cooled an internal combustion engine, by the heat generation device and supplying the heated cooling water to the heater core when a heater core temperature is not increased to a requested temperature only by the heat generation device. The heating apparatus executes a third heating control for stopping the engine operation, heating the cooling water which cooled the internal combustion engine, by the heat generation device, and supplying the heated cooling water to the heater core when an engine temperature becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature while the second heating control is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidefumi Aikawa, Kei Okamoto, Minoru Ohmikawa
  • Patent number: 11067319
    Abstract: A heat exchanger system that includes a heat exchanger that includes a plurality of circuits wherein the heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between a refrigerant and a working fluid. The heat exchanger system also includes a valve configured to fluidly couple a circuit of the plurality of circuits to a flow path of the refrigerant. Further, the heat exchanger system includes a controller that is configured to receive feedback indicative of an operating parameter of the heat exchanger system and actuate the valve based on the operating parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Elton D. Ray, Jr., Tom R. Tasker, Eugene G. Sommerhauser
  • Patent number: 10974571
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system includes an in-vehicle air conditioner that includes a refrigerant circulation circuit including a compressor and an evaporator; a weather information acquiring section configured to acquire weather information at a current location of a vehicle; an evaporator drying determining section configured to estimate a water retention amount of the evaporator based on the weather information acquired by the weather information acquiring section and an operation state of the in-vehicle air conditioner, and to determine whether the evaporator is in a dry state; and a compressor stop permitting section configured to output a permission signal for permitting stop of the compressor on a condition that the evaporator drying determining section determines that the evaporator is in the dry state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Rino Oshikiri, Kunihiko Jinno
  • Patent number: 10961682
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems, devices, and methods for correcting foundation heave. Some systems may include a compressed air source configured to propel air having a relative humidity that is less than or equal to 30 percent and one or more air injection devices each configured to be disposed within an earth formation to deliver the air. Some air injection devices include an elongated body having: a length that is greater than or equal to 3 feet, a sidewall that defines a conduit extending along a longitudinal axis of the elongated body, the conduit being configured to be in fluid communication with the compressed air source, and a plurality of perforations, each extending through the sidewall and in fluid communication with the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventor: John Dustin Williams
  • Patent number: 10926223
    Abstract: An apparatus for water purification includes a membrane distillation (MD) cell; an air conditioner; a photovoltaic solar collector (PVSC) cell including a transparent photovoltaic cell configured to generate electricity, an absorber plate configured to absorb solar radiation, and a flow tube configured to receive the fluid; a first heat exchanger; a second heat exchanger; and a fluid source storing a fluid configured to circulate through the apparatus, wherein the fluid circulating in the apparatus carries heat generated by a condenser of the air conditioner to the PVSC cell where the fluid interacts with the PVSC cell to increase a temperature of the fluid to become a heated fluid; and the heated fluid circulates to the hot channel where the heated fluid drives the distillation of water in the MD cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventor: Fahad G. Al-Amri
  • Patent number: 10883741
    Abstract: A dehumidification device with enhanced dehumidification effect includes a gas cooler receiving a first air gas and condensing the first air gas into a first condensing gas and a first condensing liquid. A heat exchanger has an inlet and an outlet. The first condensing gas flows from the gas cooler to a periphery of the heat exchanger to cool the heat exchanger. The inlet receives a second air gas from outside. The second air gas is condensed into a second condensing gas and a second condensing liquid using the cooled heat exchanger, and the second condensing gas and the second condensing liquid are expelled from the outlet. A gas heater receives the first condensing gas flowing through the periphery of the heat exchanger and the second condensing gas expelled from the outlet, and heats and turns them into dry air, and the gas heater expels the dry air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: National Chiao Tung Unviersity
    Inventors: Chi-Chuan Wang, Chuang-Hui Chiu
  • Patent number: 10884162
    Abstract: Devices and systems for determining personal outdoor comfort are described herein. One device includes instructions executable to receive inputs corresponding to characteristics of a user associated with a mobile device, determine a location of the mobile device, communicate an indication of the characteristics and the determined location to a computing device, and receive an outdoor comfort determination from the computing device, wherein the outdoor comfort determination is particular to the user based on the characteristics of the user and particular to the location of the mobile device based on a plurality of environmental parameters associated with the location of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Weathervane Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Smoliak, Jason Smoliak
  • Patent number: 10830809
    Abstract: A temperature-managed equipment enclosure, wherein the fans are configured to draw air from the environment, and wherein damage sensors are distributed in a non-uniform and/or targeted manner. In an example embodiment, most of the damage sensors may be placed within a relatively narrow zone downstream from the cooling fans. In some embodiments, a relatively large percentage of the damage sensors may be placed in the areas characterized by one or more of the following: (i) relatively high linear velocity of the airflow; (ii) turbulent airflow; and (iii) a certain range of angles of impingement of airflow on the equipment surfaces. Advantageously, the disclosed placement of damage sensors can be used to enhance the ability to detect environmentally induced equipment damage with high sensitivity and/or certainty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Chen Xu
  • Patent number: 10823434
    Abstract: A dehumidifier according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a body; and a water container mounted at an upper side of the body, wherein the body includes a seating part arranged at an upper side thereof and on which the water container is seated and a hollow connection port protruding upward from the seating part, and the water container includes a connection hole into which the connection port is inserted and a valve which opens the connection hole as the water container is mounted on the body. The dehumidifier prevents condensed water in the water container from leaking through the connection hole in a state in which the water container is separated from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Sun Shin, Kwon Jin Kim, Hyeong Joon Seo, Sung June Cho, Kang Ho Choi, Seong Ryeol Myeong, Jong Chul Ahn, Dong Yoon Lee, Jung Un Choi
  • Patent number: 10780460
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is disclosed having a first cylindrical tube and a lead screw which extends coaxially inside the first cylindrical tube; the inner surface of the first cylindrical tube has guiding grooves, and a cleaning element is secured to the lead screw in such a way that a rotating movement of the lead screw moves the cleaning element in the axial direction along the guiding grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Robert Adler, Ekkehardt Klein, Christoph Nagl, Andreas Pollak
  • Patent number: 10774463
    Abstract: A dryer appliance including a cabinet with a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet. The drum defines a chamber for the receipt of articles for drying. The dryer appliance also includes a sealed refrigerant circuit in thermal communication with the chamber and a condensation tank configured to receive condensate from an evaporator of the sealed refrigerant circuit. The condensate is selectively in thermal communication with a condenser of the sealed refrigerant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: David Scott Dunn
  • Patent number: 10746439
    Abstract: A device to regulate the relative humidity level inside a CPV module, the device comprising a desiccant unit connected to the module via a duct, the module is also connectable to ambient atmosphere and the device comprises a switching mechanism that is actuated by a regulation unit, allowing a gas flow between the module and either the desiccant unit or ambient atmosphere. The air into the CPV module is let through a dehumidifier only when there is risk of condensation, which is determined from values of the air inside and/or outside the module by sensors sensing temperature and/or relative humidity and comparing these to thresholds or to the calculated dew temperature inside the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Saint-Augustin Canada Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Gombert, Jakob Stor, Cecile Taliercio
  • Patent number: 10683644
    Abstract: A water-harvesting system can operate with a material that can take up and release water with minimum energy requirements and powered by low-grade energy sources, such as sunlight, in order to potentially allow its deployment into households, especially those located in sunny regions. A water-harvesting method and system can include vapor adsorption using a porous metal-organic framework. In certain embodiments, the porous metal-organic framework can include metal-organic framework in ambient air with low relative humidity, typical of the levels found in most dry regions of the world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Hyunho Kim, Sungwoo Yang, Sameer R. Rao, Shankar Narayanan, Eugene A. Kapustin, Hiroyasu Furukawa, Ari S. Umans, Omar M. Yaghi, Evelyn N. Wang
  • Patent number: 10675582
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure correspond to, for example, a system for scrubbing a mixture of gases and/or contaminants from indoor air from an enclosed space to remove at least one gas and/or contaminant from the mixture of gases and/or contaminants. The system may include one or more adsorbent materials configured to be cycled between adsorption and regeneration of at least one of gas and/or contaminant from the mixture of gases and/or contaminants via a temperature swing adsorption cycle (for example), regeneration means configured to regenerate one or more adsorbent materials. The regeneration means may be configured at a regeneration temperature to regenerate the one or more adsorbent materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ENVERID SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Udi Meirav, Israel Biran, Abraham Bechar
  • Patent number: 10639574
    Abstract: A water extractor includes an inlet, an outlet a body, outer wall, inner wall, helical wall, plurality of catchment areas, and scuppers. The body extends between the inlet and the outlet. The inner wall is disposed radially inward from the outer wall and forms a main flow channel through a portion of the body. The helical wall extends between and is connected to the outer wall and the inner wall and forms a helical passageway fluidly connected to the inlet and the outlet. The helical passageway includes a plurality of turns along a bottom of the body. One of the catchment areas is disposed in each turn of the helical passageway. The scuppers are disposed in the catchment areas and are connected to and extend radially inward from the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Zager, Christopher McAuliffe
  • Patent number: 10605510
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating composite ice includes a water inlet system that receives water; a water treatment that operates on water delivered from the water inlet system, to provide treated water; a cooling system that operates on the treated water to generate ice; and an ice delivery system that outputs the generated ice. The water treatment system introduces a material that includes hollow particles to the water delivered from the water inlet system, the material being selected such that the generated ice, including light scattering centers created by the presence of the material, has an albedo greater than 0.15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Inventors: Leslie A Field, Susan J Strehlow, Dave G Duff, Kimberly M Wiefling
  • Patent number: 10502503
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly includes an outlet header having a first side panel, a second side panel, and a front panel. The first side panel has a first side panel first portion, a first side panel second portion, and a first side panel arcuate portion. The second side panel has a second side panel first portion, a second side panel second portion, and a second side panel arcuate portion. The front panel extends between the first side panel first end and the second side panel first end. The front panel includes a front panel first end that abuts the first side panel first end and a front panel second end that abuts the second side panel first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander N. Kurochkin, Anthony DeLugan
  • Patent number: 10473343
    Abstract: An apparatus that includes a supply duct and a return duct fluidly coupled to the supply duct. A first evaporator is disposed between the supply duct and the return duct. A second evaporator is disposed between the supply duct and the return duct. A fresh-air intake is disposed between the supply duct and the return duct upstream of the first evaporator and the second evaporator. A first plurality of dampers are disposed upstream of the first evaporator. A second plurality of dampers are disposed upstream of the second evaporator. A divider panel is disposed between the first evaporator and the second evaporator. The divider panel directs air egressing the first plurality of dampers across the first evaporator and air egressing the second plurality of dampers across the second evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Rakesh Goel
  • Patent number: 10443882
    Abstract: An outside-air processing device includes a main body having a return-air introducing port for introducing return air from a room and a supply-air outlet port for blowing out supply air into the room, a total heat exchanger arranged in the main body and configured to exchange heat between outdoor air and the return air, and to blow out the heat-exchanged outdoor air from the supply-air outlet port as the supply air, and an opening-closing unit configured to open and close a bypass path formed in the main body to bypass between the return-air introducing port and the supply-air outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato Horie, Mamoru Hamada, Masaki Toyoshima
  • Patent number: 10422112
    Abstract: A modular apparatus for water production from atmospheric air includes: a first parallelepiped module having an inlet opening, an outlet opening, a ventilator, to force an air flow to cross an internal volume of the first module, a condensation unit, located internally of the first module that intercepts the air flow, and a collecting tub for collecting the condensation water; and a second parallelepiped module containing a refrigerating unit including a portion of a refrigerating circuit in which a refrigerating fluid circulates and an evaporator to cool the air flow inside the condensation unit; the first module and the second module are reciprocally fixed at a respective interconnecting face. The second module having an interconnecting face having a width equal to twice a width of an interconnecting face side of the first module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SEAS SOCIÉTÉ DE L'EAU AÉRIENNE SUISSE SA
    Inventors: Rinaldo Bravo, Luca Dal Canto
  • Patent number: 10215439
    Abstract: An information handling system includes first processing resources, e.g., GPGPU expansion cards, in a first thermal region of the system and second processing resources, e.g., one or more CPUs, in a second thermal region. The system may be configured to perform operations including determining a loading profile of the system. The loading profile indicates power consumption information for each of the thermal regions. One or more thermal fans may be configured in accordance with a fan configuration associated with the loading profile. The fan configuration defines a fan speed and airflow direction for one or more thermal fans and determines, in accordance with the fan speed and airflow direction of each thermal fan, a rotational angle of one or more rotatable airflow guides. The rotational angle of a rotatable airflow guide influences thermal fan airflow provided to one or more of the thermal regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Chun-Cheng Lin, Yenlin Wang, Chih Min Su, Chun Chin Wen, Hsiang Jung Chin
  • Patent number: 10166841
    Abstract: A vehicle climate control system has a control strategy which controls temperature of an evaporator in a refrigeration circuit to achieve a target temperature/relative humidity within a comfort zone which is defined by upper and lower temperature boundaries and upper and lower relative humidity boundaries. Several system embodiments are disclosed, including an all-electric system. All systems operate with improved efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Gerald L. Larson, Dean A. Opperman
  • Patent number: 9906029
    Abstract: A system for controlling operation of a plurality of appliances includes first and second appliances. The first appliance is configured to report a power consumption via a network. A second appliance is configured to operate dependent on the power consumption reported by the first appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Wojciech Grohman